Dhairya Karwa Lied About His Height To Play The Lead In Gehraiyaan

Filmmaker Karan Johar reveals that actor Dhairya Karwa lied about his height to play the lead role in Gehraiyaan.

Amazon Prime Video launched the trailer of Shakun Batra’s much-awaited film ‘Gehraiyaan’ on 20 Jan. The upcoming film features Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa in the leading roles. During the virtual trailer launch, the film’s co-producer Karan Johar revealed that Dhairya had lied about his height in order to get the role. In Gehraiyaan, he will be seen playing the role of Karan, who is married to Alisha (played by Deepika Padukone).

Dhairya, who is 6’4” told Karan Johar that he is 6’2”. The filmmaker said, “Dhairya lied about his height because he thought that he will lose the part for being too tall.”

The actor acknowledged Karan’s revelation and said that he genuinely wanted to be a part of this film as it is the first time he was offered a lead role.

Dhairya then also told that it felt like a big responsibility to be a part of this film. He said his pressure was taken off by his director Shakun Batra and co-stars by making him comfortable on sets.

He further said, “I loved every minute of working on this film. I hope I do justice to my role.”

Dhairya has previously been a part of the 2019 film ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ and the 2021 film ’83’.

Gehraiyaan is scheduled to release worldwide on Feb 11, 2022, on Amazon Prime Video.

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